Twilight

My descent into Twilight!

I'm Alive! Yes, I'm still here!

I can't believe my last post was on Sept 5th. Hurricane Ike caused alot of damage, not only to our house, but also to my creativity. The stress and worry of being without electricity, unable to get gas easily, and being unable to get back into my neighborhood due to flooding was more than I could handle.

On day five, after my little doggies escaped, I allowed myself one fit of hysteria, and then it was back to work. (The dogs are fine.) We still have a hole in our roof, but thankfully, it hasn't rained anymore. And we were lucky to regain electricity after only a week.

Of course, I can't blame my lengthy absence entirely on Ike. Most of it was due to my descent into Twilight. Yep! I'm officially a huge fan of the Twilight series.

http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/twilight_movie.html#11

I'd seen the previews for the movie, which is due to be release on Nov 21st. I was interested because, as a teenager, I loved vampire books. I read Interview With A Vampire in college. But Twilight was advertised as a teen novel. Still, I couldn't stop fingering through those books whenever I visited Barnes & Noble.

Finally, I just bought it (Twilight). I was so taken in by the Bella/Edward story that I read the entire novel in 12 hours. I ended up reading all four novels in four days! Obsessed! I barely ate. Stayed up till 3am just to read. A bowl of cereal is considered a healthy dinner.. right?! It was insane. So now I'm a Twilighter. Thank God I found a web site for fans over the age of 25!

http://www.twilightmoms.com/

So what's going on with my writing?.... Ummmmmmm. Yeah...I think it's going to take a while for me to get my inspiration back. Any advice? I'm open to suggestions.

Spelling Errors and Writer's Block

To all my fellow novice freelance writers out there.....Uggghhh!

What a week. I've been posting bids for jobs all week long with no response. Has anyone ever landed a job on Craig's List??

Also, my middle grade novel has hit a snag. Nice beginning, good ending, but the middle leaves much to be desired. It's just sort of laying there. I'm seriously considering changing the whole plot. It just needs to be different and exciting. I won't have to do anymore research, but this is seriously crunching my goal of being finished by Thanksgiving.

And finally...
You may remember that my last post included the query letter I'd sent to an agent. Well, after it was posted, my best friend in the whole wide world (HI, E!) was kind enough to point out that I had a spelling error in the very first sentence....yep, I misspelled the title of my own book.

UUuuuuggggh! Is that agent even going to read it? Probably not. Now what?? Do I send her another query? Do I wait 6 weeks to make sure she isn't going to respond? Or do I try another agent without waiting for her response? Anyone know the protocol here??

I'd get drunk, but I'm completely incapable of writing with a buzz!

Oh well. I think Viggo M.'s motto applies here:
Adapt And Overcome!